Are you tired of the city noise, honk of cars, jostling, rush, hustle and bustle? Are You so busy that You cannot hear Your own thoughts? Solution to all these problems is Anttola, small village, 22 km / 13mi from Mikkeli. Anttola is a place for rest and relaxing. Of course it offers all those things which man requires daily and activities for tourists, but the best is just to rest and to forget surrounding busy world.

Thank You for Your kind comment. Staying there for a short time is okay, but man needs also action. One could be making a Cruise on the lake. This area called Lakeland offers cruises on lakes – short and longer lasting.

It’s even peaceful and calming just to have a look at your set of photos, Matti. I have to confess, I presently need and therefore would love to be at such a quiet place as we recently had some upsetting moments. The situation is better now but as you mentioned in your text at the beginning, even rather noisy surroundings may have an exhausting effect.
Hamburg, as a large city, is a loud place but – of course – somehow one can get used to it. Presently, however, we additionally have to suffer from some maintenance work at the Hamburg airport. For some weeks they closed one of the runways. For all takeoffs (and sometimes landings, too) they therefore have to use a second one which leads in another direction. All these large aircrafts are now permanently crossing our district (and home) – starting in the early morning and stopping only around 10 (11) p.a. …*sigh*.

I enjoyed having this short break by the lake! ^^ Thanks a lot for showing! – Michèle

Thank You. I am glad that the situation is now better. Airplane noise is hard. I have not lived on those areas, but Anja yes, in her childhood and later before our marriage. We had some plane noise when we lived on countryside, but not so often. Man gets used to different sounds. In the 70s, I lived by the street on which trams passed all the time, but maybe after month, I did not “hear” them. Same kind of situation is now in Oulu. Trains goes very near to our vacation home, which we will sell this summer. We do not hear them, because we are used to the momentary noise.

Thank You. Yes, air is clean and fresh there, no pollution. I love small places, which are situated by the lake. Cruising on a lake is fantastic experience and especially in midsummer, when sun never sets or is not visible few minutes. Then nights are not black but as bright as days. It is awesome.

Thank You. I am glad that You loved my post. Yes, it freezes in winter. Because Anttola is quite near to Mikkeli, where we lived few years ago, it was natural to walk on a frozen lake. If You do not have any idea how it looks, then here is my old post:

I haven’t heard of Anttola until now but it seems like a perfect place for a relaxing stay, Saratenada. Your pictures portray a wonderful and picturesque place which I hope to explore soon. Is it a good day trip destination?

Thank You for Your kind comment and welcome. There are many gorgeous places for a visit. We have many museums, which offers unique experiences, statue parks, national parks for day walks and much more. I suggest You to visit our northernmost part called Lapland. There You could hike / walk on some of our Arctic hills among free roaming reindeers. I give one link to show You:

Dear Matti, thank you for sharing these lovely pictures! Unfortunately, after programming and making reservations, the trip to Northcape has to be canceled. The mom of my friend Danilo is very ill and she needs to get surgery on her back. Danilo is much too concerned about his mother and couldn’t take the risk to travel away for two weeks. I’m very sad, we supposed to leave today. But we’are looking forward to another trip-planning as soon his mother will recover…
Hugs and have a lovely day :-)claudine

Such a quaint and peaceful village,Matti!Lovely locations,wonderful photos from the village of Anttola.I particularly like your beautiful lakescapes with the clear,blue waters.The lake gives life to the whole of the village.Happy weekend 🙂